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Department
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This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web. 1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions) Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects. P-PA (Philology, Linguistics, Classical Philology, Classical Linguistics) ------- PB-PH (Modern European Languages) ------- PE Dictionaries (of all kinds, including the OED, Thesauri, Slang...) ------- PF (German Dictionaries) ------- PL (African Writers) ------- PN (Literature: General, Quotations, etc.) ------- PQ (French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Latin American, & Portuguese Literatures) ------- PR (English Literature) ------- PS (American Literature) ------- PT (German Literature) ------- PZ (Juvenile Belles Lettres) 2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services) The following are recommended for courses for first-year students and non-majors:
The following are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic
journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases
containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of
titles] 3. Monographic and Other Materials (in the Helm Library, unless specially noted) The following are recommended for general reference use: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory (PN81 .E43) ------- Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (PN6080 .O95) ------- Columbia Grainger Index to Poetry (Index Table XI) ------- Dictionary of Literary Biography (Index Table III) ------- Contemporary Authors (Index Table IV) ------- Reader's Guide to Women's Studies (Z7961 .R43 1998) ------- Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory (PN98 .W64 E53 1997) ------- Southern Writers (PS261 .S59) ------- Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (PN761 .N5) ------- Contemporary Literary Criticism (PN771 .C59) ------- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (PN771 .T85x) ------- Southern Writers (PS261 .S59) ------- Speech Index (Index Table XI) ------- Plot Locator (Index Table XI) ------- Short Story Index (Index Table XI) ------- Play Index (Index Table XI) ------- Book Review Index (Index Table XII) ------- Book Review Digest (Index Table XII) ------- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Index Table I) ------- works (printed and manuscript) in the Kentucky Building by and about Kentucky authors (including Janice Holt Giles, Alice Hegan Rice, Jesse Stuart and Robert Penn Warren) For citing: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (LB2369 .G53 1999; in Ready Ref.); Oxford English Dictionary (PE1625 .O87) Information on places to send creative writing, book manuscripts, poetry: Literary Market Place (PN161 .L51x; in Ready Ref.); Writer's Market (PN161 .W83) Department of English Faculty & Staff: http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/English/faculty.html 5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
Text archives:
Individual (and schools of) Authors (alphabetically arranged):
Individual Literary Works (alphabetically arranged):
Miscellaneous Subjects (alphabetically arranged):
University
Libraries Liaison: Elisabeth
Knight (x6117 / elisabeth.knight@wku.edu)
last updated 9/18/2008 |
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